Summer Morning

Usually when I do a painting based off of a picture, I’ll mess with the composition or the color scheme. On this one, I didn’t change the composition, but I did change the color scheme a bit. The colors on the photo were similar to this, but I saw a good opportunity to make another monochromatic painting (which means that only a few colors are used). In fact, I only used purple, yellow, and white. Since yellow and purple are complements (opposite sides of the color wheel) they gray each other out when mixed together. When I use them in their pure form I get the contrast I’m looking for. White gives the value change, and that’s where the depth comes in.